On behalf of the people of the United States, I send greetings to
all people of Cuban heritage who celebrate the anniversary of the birth
of the Republic of Cuba.

We stand firmly with the 11 million Cubans who still suffer under
the repressive Castro dictatorship, and who dream of a prosperous and
free future.

The United States is working for the day when a free Cuba will
rejoin the community of democracies in the Americas. We will vigorously implement the recommendations of the Commission for Assistance to a
Free Cuba so that Cuba will reflect the vision of the great Cuban
patriot Jose Marti: "Con todos y para el bien de todos." ("With all the
people and for the good of all the people.")